Government overreach during the pandemic crisis

Published: March 30, 2020, 4:10 a.m.

b'Governments around the world are making extraordinary moves to get COVID-19 under control -- including the curtailing of individual freedoms. In most countries, people are willing to go along with these measures, as long as they\\u2019re temporary. But what about when leaders use the coronavirus to grab more power? Today, we\\u2019re joined by Anne Applebaum, a historian and staff writer at The Atlantic, who has concerns about the potential lasting consequences of some governments\\u2019 pandemic responses.'